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KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUI STATE OPEN UNIVERSITYHOME ASSIGNMENT FOR B.A GENERAL ENGLISH BEG 01SEMESTER-1Total Marks 50A. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN 50 WORDS: (2X4=8)1. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences(1+1)a) The ‘Preface’ to the ………........is considered to be the official manifesto of the RomanticMovement.b) ……………………. is a ballad, inspired by the poet’s encounter with an old huntsman.2. ‘Tears, Idle Tears’ is a small lyric of which larger poem, and who is it about?3.In the poem An Irish Airman Foresees His Death’ what does the Irish man Robert Gregoryrefer to his country and country people as?4.John Galsworthy’s play Justice belongs to which great tradition and what makes it a‘problem play’?B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN 75 WORDS: (3X4=12)1.Describe the insights that the Irish Airman has in the poem ‘An Irish Airman Foresees HisDeath’ anticipating his death at any moment while at war.2. What is the significance of the title of the poem ‘Tears Idle Tears’ and how does the poetcombine two different feelings?3. What are the poetic techniques employed by Yeats in ‘An Irishman Foresees His Death’?4. Write a critical appreciation of the poem ‘Simon Lee’.C. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN 150 WORDS: (5X2=10)1. Explain, how Galsworthy brings out the administration of criminal law in contemporaryEngland in the play ‘Justice’.2. What are the underlying themes in Wordsworth’s ‘Simon Lee’?D.ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:(10X2=20)1.Write the précis of the following passage:

A poor woman once came to Buddha to ask him whether he could give her any medicine torestore her dead child to life. The holy man told her that there was only one medicine tobring her back to life. He made her bring back a handful of mustard seeds from a housewhere death had never entered The sorrowing mother went from door to door seeking themustard seeds, but at every door she met with sad replies.One said, “I have lost my husband”. Another said, “Our child died last year”. She returned tothe teacher and told him the result of her quest. Then Buddha told her tenderly not to thinkmuch of her own grief, since sorrow and death are common to all.2. The Management of a Publishing House has asked you to submit a report on theprogress of the branch office which you are heading. Write the report within 300 wordskeeping in mind the important tips for writing a good report.Note: Assignments are required to be written in own language. Copying in total from thelearning material will carry less score.